[kellymac]

We are trying to get Daisy to teach Daisy frisbee. We have working on it for a few weeks now. She jumps and tries to catch it. But she doesn't keep her eyes on it, so she jumps way out of the way and does a flip and then lands nex to the frisbee. How can we go about teaching her to keep her eyes on the frisbee so she can catch it?

[yorkieagility]

My border collie is a natural frisbee catcher but my yorkies isn't. I had to teach my yorkie how to catch a frisbee. This is what I've done. First, I give him a command which is "Frisbee" and have him focus on the frisbee. When I got his attention is on the frisbee, I throw it really close to the him and I try to aim my throw directly toward where his mouth will be(he jumps for the frisbee). After a couple of weeks of catching it up close, I start to move further away from him and throwing it a little bit to his right/left side so he has to move either direction to get it. Teddy isn't perfect yet but he catches his frisbee pretty well.

[kellymac]

Daisy is a border collie/australian shepherd mix. I thought it would come natural to her, but apparently the only thing that comes natural to her is chasing the cows and herding them. Which, by the way, is great because that is what we got her for. We tried throwing real close to her and then slowly moving back further. She still has a really hard time doing it. She knows what it is when we say frisbee and she loves it. She just can't seem to grasp the concept of watching the frisbee and catching it.

[yorkieagility]

I'm sure she will get it sooner or later.

One of my biggest problem with the frisbee wasn't the dog but myself. I had to learn how to throw the frisbee correctly so my dogs would be able to catch it.

Before I got my border collie she was taught to catch the frisbee and do some of those awsome twist and turns in mid-air. However, when she came to me she was lucky if she can even catch the frisbee because I didn't know how to throw it correctly but I'm doing better.

[kellymac]

We got Daisy at 9 weeks old off of a farm. I know they didn't teach these dogs anything except herding. Daisy was never even taught that. The day we brought her home we had her in the yard playing. She saw the calves coming up to the fence and she took off, trying to bark like a big dog. I think she tried to heal every calf in the pasture. It was kind of funny watching her. She has been like that ever since. She is definately a farm dog. I guess we'll just keep working on the frisbee thing and see what happens.

[Curbside Prophet]

I think the choice of frisbee is also important. I use a cloth type frisbee that flies slow, and holds a stall pretty well. Elsa's retreiving urge is pretty high, so I got lucky for the most part. I didn't do the close up toss, I probably should have, I started right out of the gate throwing it for distance. Then one day, the frisbee stayed in the air slow and long enough for her to snatch it. After a ton of praise, she got the hang of it pretty quick. She doesn't jump very high, but her speed is an asset.

[kellymac]

We are just using a regular plastic frisbee. Maybe we should try a cloth one. Daisy doesn't have a speed or a jumping problem. I'm sure you all know how Border Collies are. We'll just keep working on it, trying different things. Thanks for all the advice.